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Pop!_OS 24.04 LTS with the COSMIC Desktop Environment is out now

By Liam Dawe,
System76 have today finally released Pop!_OS 24.04 LTS with the newly launched COSMIC Desktop Environment.

Kitten Space Agency is the spiritual successor to Kerbal Space Program

By Liam Dawe,
Kitten Space Agency is an in-development spiritual successor to Kerbal Space Program from RocketWerkz that you can try right now for free.
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The huge Project Zomboid build 42 finally gets multiplayer just in time for the holidays

By Liam Dawe,
Wow - that sure took a while! A year since the first part of build 42 released and just in time for the holidays, Project Zomboid build 42 finally goes online.

Fantasy city-builder with huge battles Songs of Syx gets a major upgrade with a focus on war

By Liam Dawe,
Rated Overwhelmingly Positive from users on Steam, war is the focus of a major upgrade that just arrived for fantasy city-builder Songs of Syx.

Dog merging roguelike deckbuilder Dogpile is out now and it's wonderful

By Liam Dawe,
Dogpile was one of my absolute favourites during Steam Next Fest in October, and as a surprise it released yesterday.

GOG Winter Sale arrives with lots of discounts and Warhammer: Dark Omen returns

By Liam Dawe,
The GOG Winter Sale 2025 has arrived and with it absolutely loads of discounts if you prefer your games to be fully DRM-free and a classic has returned.

Monster Hunter Wilds is set for some big performance upgrades

By Liam Dawe,
In a recent showcase video, Capcom revealed that Monster Hunter Wilds is set for multiple patches that should bring some decent performance boosts.

Paradox have hopefully fixed the Vulkan performance in Crusader Kings III

By Liam Dawe,
At the release of the Crusader Kings III: All Under Heaven expansion and free update, the Linux and macOS versions were problematic but it should now be fixed.

Talking point - what have you been playing lately?

By Liam Dawe,
Welcome back, dear readers, to another community article for us all to have a little chat about what we've been playing recently.

Open source XR runtime Monado 25.1.0 released with expanded hardware support

By Liam Dawe,
Monado is an impressive open source XR runtime that aims to support a whole lot of hardware, with a focus on great Linux support and version 25.1.0 is out now.

NVIDIA announce a few changes for GeForce NOW and new games for December

By Liam Dawe,
NVIDIA recently revealed a fresh list of games coming to GeForce NOW during December, but there's also going to be a few changes.

AMD FSR Redstone arrives with AMD FSR SDK 2.1

By Liam Dawe,
AMD today properly revealed and released AMD FSR Redstone with the AMD FSR SDK 2.1, bringing many enhancements to their upscaling tech.

Factorio mod developer and Hooded Horse reveal new automation game Substructure

By Liam Dawe,
This is going to be horrible for my free time. Substructure sounds like a real interesting entry into the factory building automation genre.

The retro FPS DUSK is getting a dungeon crawler with Dungeons of DUSK

By Liam Dawe,
Dungeons of DUSK has been announced from New Blood Interactive. It's a retro dungeon crawler set canonically between the episodes of the classic FPS DUSK.

Social stealth narrative game Better Than Us is all about creating a web of lies to steal from the ultra-rich

By Liam Dawe,
A political social stealth narrative game about lying and stealing from the ultra-wealthy? Better Than Us certainly sounds like a game for the times.

KDE's 2025 fundraising has been a huge success

By Liam Dawe,
Absolutely smashing their goals, the KDE team have managed to have a huge success for the 2025 fundraiser that's currently ongoing.

Get ready for another adventure with The Darkside Detective: Backside of the Moon

By Liam Dawe,
The lovely Darkside Detective series is set to expand with a new announcement of The Darkside Detective: Backside of the Moon.

Overwatch 2 with Season 20 has some very annoying crash-bugs on Linux / SteamOS

By Liam Dawe, [updated]
Overwatch 2 has launched the big Season 20 update but unfortunately for Linux / SteamOS fans, it comes with some really annoying crash bugs.

Proton Experimental brings fixes for ARC Raiders, The Finals and various other games

By Liam Dawe,
Valve just launched their latest upgrade for Proton Experimental to get as many Windows games as possible running on Linux / SteamOS.

Total War: MEDIEVAL III announced by Creative Assembly

By Liam Dawe,
Creative Assembly recently held their 25th Anniversary Showcase for the Total War series, with Total War: MEDIEVAL III being announced.